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Recent reviews

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  Victoria 2015

  ★★★★ Added

  9 years after “Cassettes from Columbus” with Yash I’ve finally watched Victoria from start to finish all in one go.

  So, you thought Victoria was a good girl until…? Why? Why would assume that? Because she’s the main character?

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  The Last Laugh 1924

  ★★★★½ Added

  If Orsen Wells had a heart of gold
  and through his eyes by hot tears he told
  the unkindness of growing old.

  Full frame full body full laughs and full feeling.

  Will Robert Eggers have F. W. Murnau’s range and go from his Nosferatu to something wholesome, warm, kind, and socially observant like this small tale?

Popular reviews

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  The Bear 1984

  ★★★½ Added

  I wanted to talk about The Bear (2022, Hulu TV) and since Letterboxd does not include TV here's an unremembered movie with the same title as a placeholder.

  Others have hashed out The Bear's perspective on the service industry, gentrification, and mental health or, to put it as the show would, all the races of old Chicago in the back of house yelling it out not in anger but to get over the din. As you can tell, other's have…

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  Eileen 2023

  ★★★★ Added

  Dry martini, even drier humor, with a zesty twist. Calling it this decade’s Carol is accurate, obvious, and falls short. Carol did not have the whole crowd laughing at so many oh-so-wrong moments.

  One of the best graphic match cuts in today’s cinema. 🤮

  After a night out: “That’s the dress your mother wore to my father’s funeral.”

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